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This post is part of a series of journal entries written throughout my mother’s two-and-a-half-year experience with cancer. You can read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here, and Part 4 here. Navigating Life After Death After we scattered my mom’s ashes, I returned home to the Miami area to resume caring for my 4-year-old and…
In 2020, I fostered two neonatal kittens for my birthday, not knowing they were neonatal at the time. The organization I’d been approved to foster for had been sending emails blasts begging for fosters for litters of kittens, and while I saw their daily pleas, I didn’t want to commit to round-the-clock bottle feeding and…
This is a departure from my usual content, but it needs to be written. As a death doula, I can tell you that a copy of your advance directive is one of the only things you actually do need to bring with you to the hospital. When you become pregnant, you don’t just get advice…
I don’t sell life insurance and nobody is paying me to share this. As a death doula, I understand the peace-of-mind life insurance can bring to loved ones left to wrap up your affairs after you die, and I want to simplify the buying process for you. The sooner you buy life insurance, the better,…
